Posted on 11/08/2002 10:27:02 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
In a letter to a friend, Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, "And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism."
One would find it a difficult task, indeed, to try to invalidate the above statement. But what if it were the case that it was Jews that were being anti-Zionist? Or could this even be a possibility? Well, in drawing from recent history, where there were Jews that loyally served the Nazis as overseers to their fellow Jews (Kapos), one can, no doubt, come up with the conclusion that, yes, the possibility of a Jew being against Zionism does exist.
Let's fast-forward to an event held last week, the annual convention of the American Muslim Council (AMC). The controversy: Vice President Dick Cheney was scheduled to meet with the group. The problem: The group has, among other things, brazenly pledged its support for such terrorist groups as Hamas and Hezbollah and has publicly called for the destruction of both the United States and Israel. Fortunately, the Vice President cancelled the meeting (Senior Advisor to the White House, Karl Rove, ended up attending). [Note: Earlier in June, House Minority Whip, Democratic Congressman David Bonior was the keynote speaker at the kickoff event of the new Lansing, Michigan AMC chapter.]
In watching the speeches made at the gathering (on C-SPAN), one got the feeling that this was not a "Muslim" convention, but was, instead, an "anti-Israel" convention, for virtually everything that was said was concerning Israel and its treatment of Palestinians. Maybe they should consider renaming their group the American Anti-Israel Council.
"outlaw nation"… "militarization"… "apartheid"… every term used to denounce the state of Israel was heard and repeated. But what was truly disturbing about this event, besides the fact that politicians gave it any sort of credence, was that one of the main speakers was Jewish. Her name is Beth Harris. Beth is an assistant professor at Ithaca College, in New York. While most Jews are now unified in the cause of Israel - even the most left wing of the left - Ms. Harris is one of those lost souls that refuses to budge from the liberal line that she carelessly walks.
Allow me to offer you some of Harris's misdirected words: "Israel is not an anomaly, in terms of the United States giving a lot of money to a country that systematically violates international human rights." It seems that Beth is a little confused with the subject of human rights, for isn't it the Palestinian Authority that routinely releases from its prisons those who commit terrorist acts against Jews; isn't it the Palestinian schools that teach children how to be martyrs and suicide bombers; and isn't it the Palestinian police that torture, and sometimes execute, Palestinians they claim to be "Israel collaborators"?
Harris then called for an end to what she and her AMC cohorts dub "Israel's occupation of Palestine." Beth doesn't understand that Jews can't occupy Palestine, because there's no such place as Palestine. And anyway, does she think, for one moment, that Jews have any real desire to "occupy" anyone!
She stated that, although "it's a good thing to do," "to stop the building of settlements is not enough." I guess it's okay for Arabs to live within Israel, but when it comes to her "Palestinian territories," Jews are off limits. Someone should remind Ms. Harris of the problems with racist policies of segregation. In describing the Palestinian situation, she uses the words "our dream," but the dream she ought to be focused on is the one issued by Martin Luther King.
She cited the wars of 1948 and 1967 as having harmful effects on the Palestinians, but nary a moment did she make mention of the fact that each of these wars was started, when Israel's neighbors attacked her (Israel) from all sides. Beth may be a professor, but she needs to go back to school!
And lastly, she mentioned, repeatedly, that there needs to be a "faith-based commitment" between the parties and there needs to be formed "communities of faith"… but how much faith can she possibly have, if she keeps attacking her own community… the community of her faith, the Jewish faith?
Beth Harris is not the only Jew that is waging a war against her own people. There are secular groups, such as Women in Black, that form global rallies criticizing Israel, and there are religious groups, such as Satmar Chasidim, that denounce Israel's very existence. Many of these groups are worlds apart in their ideology, but as modern-day Kapos, they're all working towards the means to one end… and that is the end of Israel. G-d forbid.
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Agreed.
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Beth Harris
Assistant Professor - Department of Politics - 310 Muller Faculty Center, Ithaca College
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